Re: Not so silly question about the name of the Hurd

2001-03-01 Thread Dan Sheppard
Robert Bihlmeyer writes: > Um... it's "die Herde" and therefore by your reasoning "die Hurd". I > defended this designation here a few months ago, but most of the > others didn't find it as cool as I did. That'll teach me to trust a cheap dictionary. :) I'll go with you on this one. (Sorry for di

Re: Not so silly question about the name of the Hurd

2001-02-28 Thread Dan Sheppard
Marcus Brinkmann writes: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 09:58:59AM -0800, James A. Treacy wrote: > > Can you at least tell us the preferred form for English? > > "the Hurd" is the correct form. > > Marcus Should it follow the gender of the word for "herd" in the language? For example "das Hurd" cf "d